Kim Jong-Un is Time’s Readers’ “Person of the Year”…Blame it on 4Chan

See that face? Even Kim Jong-Un doesn’t quite understand how he managed to win Time Magazine‘s “Person of the Year” as voted by their readers. But we know how. And we have the internet’s underbelly, 4Chan, to thank for this gem.

So how exactly did Kim Jong-Un become the first North Korean dictator to take this honor? 4Chan launched a campaign that essentially hijacked the entire poll, which rocketed (Ha! Get it? Because North Korea just launched a rocket?) Kim Jong-Un to the very top, beating out second place contestant Jon Stewart by 3 million votes.

Some might say that Kim Jon-Un deserves the title, especially after winning “Sexiest Man Alive” (haha, just kidding on that one!) and after discovering a hidden unicorn lair (yep, that one is a big JK! as well…maybe). Most, however, will probably agree that it’s a good thing online polling doesn’t actually amount to anything, or the entire world as we know it would implode on itself because, for some weird reason, people on the internet just can’t take anything seriously.

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Nona and Kylie are butt-kicking web mods who are dedicated to curating the finest internet content.

http://robvincent.net/ Rob T Firefly

Speaking as Time’s 2006 Person of the Year, I approve.

Slartibartfatsdomino

Wait a second, they told me I was the 2006 Person of the Year!

http://dailyoftheday.com/ Madame McThunder

No, you were second runner up on 2009.

Slartibartfatsdomino

You mean I lost to that enabler of runaway fraudulent economy-collapsing capitalism Ben Bernanke?????

*shakes fist in air*
TIIIIIIIIIIIIIMMMMMMMMMMMMME!!!!!

Slartibartfatsdomino

“Now, stop firing rockets and start feeding your people, dammit.”

I’d like to endorse this sentiment for all world leaders, including our own.

youaresoannoying

the internet is why we can’t have nice things.

Missin’ Mississippi

Why not Honey Poo Poo? Why?

http://dailyoftheday.com/ Madame McThunder

Sometimes I wonder what archaeologists from the far distant future will think of our generation.

TruuuV

All depends on how many archaeologists can navigate the internet.

Seems no one ever takes into account the fact we document everything now, wouldn’t really be a need for archaeologists to dig us up in the future, everything about our skeletal structure, societies and relative deities will be openly available to them unless there is some cataclysmic event in which all satellites, books and information storage were destroyed.

Also give me offerings because I’m still recovering from surgery and goddesses such as myself should not be subjected to this nonsense.

TruuuV

She is weak, my time has come, I SHALL KILL THE LEADER AND TAKE SUPREMACY!

*Dives at bed*

Michael Lewis

This newsbite is woefully incomplete. I imagine most people that visit this site are internet junkies/nerds and if they don’t already know, you should be informing them the best part of this prank. The top 13 votegetters spell KJU GAS CHAMBER if you take all their first initials. If you sort by most amount of “No Way!” votes, the initials spell MMHASCPBUTTSEX. Those two internet successes are way more impressive than Kim Jong Un winning first place.

dailyoftheday

Yeah, I already did that in a Total Recap last week. I don’t particularly enjoy repeating myself. Pay closer attention, sir.

-N

Michael Lewis

If you don’t like repeating yourself and the KJU stuff was already covered, then why does this article exist? (I am not intending this to be rude although it totally seems like it is)

dailyoftheday

Because he wasn’t officially given the top spot yet, he was just leading in the polls at the time.